Sushma Swaraj suffers kidney failure, on dialysis at AIIMS External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today informed that she has been on dialysis at the All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after suffering from kidney failure. Swaraj, who was admitted here on November 7, also said that she was undergoing tests for a possible kidney transplant.

Sartaj Aziz to visit India next month, hints at easing of hostility Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz will travel to India next month to attend the Heart of Asia Conference to be held in Amritsar. Aziz has suggested that the December 3 visit could be used to ‘defuse the tension’ between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

China Open: Saina Nehwal loses first match, PV Sindhu cruises to next round Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a first-round defeat by unseeded Thai player Porntip Buranaprasertuk in the first round of the China Open in Fuzhou on Wednesday. This was Saina's first tournament since her knee surgery -- that took place soon after the Rio Olympics, where she had lost in the group stages.

AP village adopted by Sachin Tendulkar goes through complete transformation The past two years have seen a near transformation for Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Andhra Pradesh with being "Open defecation free" one of its greatest feats. The reason that makes this tenure of two years significant is that it was in November 2014 that this village was adopted by Sachin Tendulkar.